Nitrogen dynamics at undisturbed and burned Mediterranean shrublands of Salento Peninsula, Southern Italy

Plant and Soil

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 5-15

  Dannenmann, Michael ^a,b   Willibald, Georg ^b   Sippel, Sebastian ^b   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonification; Denitrification; Dinitrogen; Fire; He flow soil core technique; Maquis; Microbial biomass; N cycling; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SHRUBLAND;

ITALY; PUGLIA; SALENTO PENINSULA;

EID: 79956083020     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0541-9     Document Type: Article

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